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i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it exceptional in its density. they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city s zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in which he was promised several billion dollars worth of military equipment by western allies, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and president macron of france. these are the pictures we have been receiving. a heavy artillery fire overnight in the capital, kyiv, with many being warned to move away from windows, to go to safety, go to bunkers as ukraine does try are as many missiles as ....
minister imran khan is freed from custody, a day after it was ruled his arrest on corruption charges was illegal. the fan of the royal family who came to see the coronation and ended up in handcuffs. and we re live in liverpool as the city prepares to host the eurovision song contest on behalf of ukraine. we now know which countries will be performing tomorrow. last night s semifinal saw australia and austria among those to go through. and the city does feel like it s embraced eurovision, there is already quite a party going on behind me in the fan zone! coming up on bbc news, david moyes praises his west ham side as they come from behind to beat az alkmaar in the first leg of their europa conference league semifinal. good afternoon. train passengers across the country are facing a wave of cancellations. it s the start of two days of disruption on the railways, which will hit thousands of passengers, some of them trying to get to the final of the eurovision song contest in ....
dutch side az alkmaar. welcome to liverpool. one day to go until the final of the eurovision song contest. it is noisy here this morning. we will be meeting some of the people making this huge event happened. we are on a mersey ferry, snowdrop. we are on a mersey ferry, snowdrop. we will be across the mersey this morning. look at the view. we should hold onto it because today west is best in terms of sunshine whereas in central and eastern areas, cloudy with rain. it s friday the 12th of may. rail passengers have been warned to expect severe disruption from today as train drivers walk out again over pay. many trying to reach the eurovision song contest this weekend and the fa cup final next month could see their plans cancelled, as zoe conway reports. in liverpool this weekend, you ll find people having the time of their lives. devoted eurovision fan harry cunningham hoped to be there, too, but he s stuck in london because of the train strikes. we had planned like this month ....
with the price of allotments shooting up even faster than these spring greens, thousands of plot holders across the country think they might have to give up their plots. i will find out why costs are going up so much on what people feel about it. de bruyne s brilliance at the bernabeu. this stunning strike keeps city s european dream alive ahead of the champions league semifinal second leg with real in manchester next week. the first eurovision semifinal hits the stage in liverpool. favourites sweden go through, but ireland are out. good morning. yesterday, ireland and the uk had over 8000 lightning strikes. today we are looking at a similar day, showery, some sunshine, but also thunder and lightning and some hail. all of the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 10th of may. a jury in new york has found former president donald trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in the 19905 and then defamed her by calling her a liar. the civil trial rejected ejean ....
the economy is coping with the cost of living crisis when we get first quarter gdp figures in just over an hour s time. it s expected to have continued growing by 0.2% in the first three months of the year. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts, saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. but it warned that the battle to get soaring prices under control is taking much longer than expected. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by 0.25%, to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row, and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. the bank is trying to take spending power out of the economy to stop prices rising so fast. inflation is currently running at over 10% a year. that s the highest rate in a0 years, and five times the bank s target of 2%. our economics editor faisal islam reports. ....